Machine for-washing- waste



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S. L. JOHNSTON.

Machine for Washing Waste, Clothes, 8L0;

N0. 239,96 3. Patented April12, 1881.

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N-PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL L. JOHNSTON, OF WAiLPOLE,.MASSAGHUSETTS.

MACHINE, FOR WASHING WASTE, CLOTHS, 86C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 239,963, dated April 12, 1.881.

Application filed Octoller 15,1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, SAMUEL L. JOHNSTON, o Walpole, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Machines forWashing Waste, Cloths, &;c.,of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a machine for Washing 'cotton-waste, by means of which a great saving of time-is effected in comparison with the ordinary process, and the waste is left in an open loose condition, without any loss of material, together with other advantages hereinafter set forth. The invention consists of an elongated box or receptacle, suspended by cords near each end from the upper part of a frame or from the ceiling of a room, to which a longitudinal shaking or oscillating motion is imparted through a pitman suitably attached and con: necting with a crank operated by any suitable power.

The receptacle may be divided to form two or more compartments, each compartment having a wire netting or screen at each end communicating with a narrow passage through which the water, after being used, passcsinto pipe with a recess and screen.

an open receptacle below.

The invention further'consists in a means of supplying water to the machine, while it is in operation, through a flexible tube to a series of branch pipes connected to the top of the machine. Underneath the openings of these branch pipes are screens, through which the water passes in the form of spray or shower upon the waste as the machine is oscillated, thus providing a constant supply of clean water, while the dirty water is at the same time discharged at the bottom of the machine.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on the line aw of Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a plan or top view. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section on the line as w of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view, in detail, on the line y y of Fig. 3, showing the connection of a branch Fig. 6 is also an enlarged view on line 2 z in Fig. 3.

Similar letters indicate like parts in the sevral figures.

A represents the main box or receptacle for the waste, and may be divided into two or four compartments, each compartment extending from the ends to the center, or nearly so, of the box A. The said box is suspendedat b b, by means of cords or Wires 1) b, from the upper part of a frame, B c c, or thesaid cords maybe attached to a beam at the top of a room.

0 is a pitman, shown as connected to a shaft or rod, (1, arranged on the top of the machine, and to acrank, e, on the shaft of a wheel, to which motion is imparted by any suitable power,-by means of which a longitudinal reciprocal motion is imparted to the box A. Near the end of each compartment A is a wire screen or netting, 8, extending across the compartment from top to bottom, and between the screens and the ends of the compartments are passages p, for the exit of the dirty water out of the same, which is discharged into a receptacle, D, below the box A. v

Extending lengthwis'eof the box A, on the top of the same, is a pipe, E, from each side of which extend branch pipes f f. The ends of these branch pipes open into recesses g 9, form ed on the under side of the top of the box A and extending transversely nearly across the same. At the bottom of the recess 9 is a wire screen or netting, S, through which the water falls upon the waste in the form of spray or shower, thus furnishing a constant supply of clean fresh water during the process of cleansing the contents of the box. \Vater is supplied to the main pipe E by means of a flexible pipe, P, connecting with any suitable source of supply, so as to admit of a steady flow of water while the machine is in operation.

-h h represent small covers, provided with handles it h and fitted to holes in the upper part or covering of the machine, for feeding ually drive out the dirt, which is carried 011' through the screens and discharged through the passages 10 10, as before explained.

A single compartment, A, may be used, if found desirable.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A machine for Washing cotton-waste or other material, consisting of a rectangular reciprocating box, A, having two or more compartments, A, each compartment being provided with screens 8 and passages 19, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the reciprocating box A, of the cover provided with the recesses g g, the screen S, the main pipe E, and the pipes ff, as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of thereciprocating box A, the cover provided with the recesses g g, the screens S, the supply-pipe E, branch pipes f, and flexible pipe P, all arranged and operating substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL L. JOHNSTON.

Witnesses:

J 0s. H. ADAMS, BRADFORD LEWIS. 

